I remember being an artillery officer assigned to Fort Sill, Oklahoma. During an operation one night, we were operating in almost zero light conditions. We had flashlights, but they had to have red or green lenses on them so that the imaginary enemy there would not be able to detect us. I decided to walk…
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2013 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 3,600 times in 2013. If it were a cable car, it would take about 60 trips to carry that many people. Click here to see the…
Having a son that played Division One football, I can tell you that football is a rough sport. Once you get to a certain level, everyone is fast; everyone is strong and everyone can hit you hard! And the closer you get to the action, the more brutal it becomes. You see, football, unlike many…
One of the greatest principles in all of life is that of believing! What you believe is what you receive in life with an exactness and precision that is breathtakingly accurate. Believing forms the foundation of who you are; your level of success; your health; your happiness, everything! Yet how many of us really understand…
This time of the year is often an emotional roller coaster of feelings that surge to incredible highs and sadly to overwhelming lows. Whether the holidays remind us of times long past or joyful present moments, there seems to be a common component at the heart of it all. That my friends, is the subject…
The annual Thanksgiving Day family party was a big success with one exception…yours truly! You see there is such a thing as “too much” fun and in my case “too much” Fireball! As one might expect, too many drinks leads to some rather bizarre behavior, made worse by the advent of Vine videos which, thanks…
Recently I’ve been listening to the audio book, “The Happiness Hypothesis” and more specifically a sub-chapter entitled, “The Adversity Hypothesis.” In the segment the author posits the question of whether or not adversity makes you stronger. An interesting question, don’t you think? But, as you may have come to expect by now, I plan to hit this subject…
I don’t think you would find it a stretch if I said that everyone is after peace of mind. We make more and more money in attempt to find peace. We buy life insurance with the hopes of ensuring peace for our loved ones. We take trips into nature to enjoy the peace that we believe…
I imagine that all of us like to feel good. All of us want to experience happiness, right? Yet feeling good and being happy appear to be somewhat elusive and mysterious, don’t they? So that got me thinking (a dangerous proposition I know). How many Facebook memes give advice on being happy? Happiness is ___________…
I woke up this morning with one prevailing thought, “You’re acting like a spoiled little brat!” The more I pondered that thought, the more I began to understand its application to my life. Enter first world problems. I thought back on my recent past and realized that I spent a lot of my time engaging…